__1803: __English chemist-physicist John Dalton starts using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. Dalton, considered the father of modern atomic theory, made a logbook entry that day ...

The heaviest recognized chemical element with the atomic number 112 was discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and -- since February 19, 2010, -- officially carries the name ...

This week, we meet the element lawrencium, which has the atomic symbol, Lr, and the chemical number, 103. It was named in honour of nuclear physicist Ernest O. Lawrence, who worked at the University ...

One of the first things we learn in chemistry are atomic symbols to represent different elements. While what we see today has undergone transformation through the centuries, the credit for the ...

Discover the history, structure, and importance of the periodic table of elements, from Mendeleev’s discovery to modern scientific applications. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The National Academy of Sciences added a “foreign associate” to its goodly company: Russian physicist Peter Kapitza, Hero of Socialist Labor. He was worthy of the honor. Besides a monster string of ...

This week's chemical element is flerovium, which has the atomic symbol, Fl, and the atomic number, 114. This element, originally given the temporary name ununquadium, was formally named in 2012 for ...

It happens all over the periodic table. The chemical symbol for lead is Pb. For mercury, Hg. For antimony, Sb. My chemistry teacher in high school cracked up every time she referred to the symbol for ...